| Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920 Contributor(s): Wilson, Charles Reagan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820334251 ISBN-13: 9780820334257 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 277.508 |
| LCCN: 2009033718 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Southerners may have abandoned their dream of a political nation after Appomattox, but they preserved their cultural identity by blending Christian rhetoric and symbols with the rhetoric and imagery of Confederate tradition. Out of defeat emerged a civil religion that embodied the Lost Cause. As Charles Reagan Wilson writes in his new preface, "The Lost Cause version of the regional civil religion was a powerful expression, and recent scholarship affirms its continuing power in the minds of many white southerners." |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, Charles Reagan: - CHARLES REAGAN WILSON is director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and a professor of history at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and author of Baptized in Blood (Georgia). |